On June 29, we said good-bye to Jessie. After 13½ years of loyalty and love, she had to leave us. I had seen her getting weaker over the last months and knew her time to go would come soon. For this reason I have not written—I wanted to be there and enjoy her in those last months. People who have lost a furry friend know how painful it is to say farewell to your buddy. The house is empty and quiet. She will be missed for a long time.Jessie was a character in my first story Heaven Is Not Far. I'm glad I have written that story and sent her on an adventure back in time. She will live on in my heart and perhaps in another story someday.
I’m starting to think about picking up writing again. Although I have no ideas yet, I’m sure I will think of something when I get serious about it. That will probably happen when the summer is over. The weather is far too nice to be stuck inside typing away on my computer. The beautiful flowers in my garden also need to be enjoyed.
Some adjustments were made on my blog to delete the reviews I have posted in the past months. I want the site to be back about myself. Email followers told me that they received old blogposts in their inbox. Not sure how that happened, but it had probably something to do with the posts that I deleted.
I wish you all a wonderful summer with beautiful weather. Not too hot and not too cold – just perfect. J
I will update my blog again when I have writing news. Until then . . .

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FREEDOM HAS A PRICE Twelve year old Nathaniel Dearing leaves his gravely ailing mother to go in search of his father—a major in the Confederate army that is situated in the hills south of Nashville. Nathaniel hopes that seeing her husband will make his mother feel stronger and fight harder to recover from her illness. His half-brother, Tommie, accompanies him on this dangerous quest. For miles, they travel by foot through the woods and over the hills. Their journey is not without danger and no one seems to know where to find Major Dearing. But the boys are determined to find him and press on until they finally meet someone who has seen him. Before they realize it, they are caught up in the heat of the battle. Will they survive? And will they find Major Dearing and be able to bring him home to their mother?

THE CAPTAIN’S WIFE After being rescued from Confederate captivity, Olivia Burns has married her handsome rescuer—Union Captain Andrew Burns. A few days after their marriage, Andrew takes off to fight in the battle of Nashville and Olivia stays behind, waiting on word from her husband about where they will meet again.When Andrew sends word that he hopes to meet her in Eastport, Mississippi, she travels down south. Their reunion is sweet and they spend a wonderful night together in a barn, but in the early morning of New Year’s Eve, they are abruptly disturbed by sounds of battle. Andrew must go back to the men of his company and leaves an anxious Olivia alone. Terrified to get captured again, she must learn to deal with her fear and emotions. When someone enters the barn where she is hiding, will her greatest nightmare come true?

THE OFFICER’S DAUGHTER Nashville, 1864. Canadian Andrew Burns is captain in the 10th Minnesota Infantry. One day he discovers that one of the privates in his company is a woman, dressed like a man. When he gets to know the woman behind the male facade he falls in love with her and promises to keep her secret.Together with Corporal Dean, Private Calvin Mitchell is sent on an errand in the hills south of Nashville where the Confederate army is gathering and preparing for the upcoming battle. When two days later only Corporal Dean returns and tells a story that Private Mitchell is killed, Andrew becomes anxious. He is the only one who knows that Calvin Mitchell is a woman and he is determined to find her—dead or alive.

HEAVEN IS NOT FAR

Newly arrived in America during the beginning of the Civil War, Dutchman Albert Van Ampting winters in Detroit, hoping to travel to the Holland colony when spring begins. During his stay in Detroit he meets the lovely Miss Michelle Lefèvre and falls head over heels in love with her. A sweet romance develops which is sealed in matrimony during the spring of ’62. However, only a few months after their wedding day, Albert feels he must leave to fight in the war.
When Michelle receives the heart-rending news that Albert is seriously wounded at Gettysburg, she desperately searches for him on the battlefield. Will she find him alive or has he become one of the casualties of war?